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AZ F&G Press Release
4/2/02
Come Share Your Opinion On Elk Management Proposals
Here’s your chance to be heard: public meetings have been set throughout Arizona on proposed rule changes to give the Arizona Game and Fish Department greater flexibility in managing this state’s elk population.
The proposed rule changes include the following:
Adding a definition under the rules for a “Restricted nonpermit-tag,” which would be a tag issued to a hunter pool applicant for a supplemental elk hunt.
Adding a provision allowing the director to reduce fees for population management hunts, if necessary.
Adding a provision to allow an applicant to apply for a hunt permit-tag electronically over the Internet;
Clarifies that in case of department error when issuing a hunt permit-tag, only applicants who would have been successful based on the random number of their application would be eligible for replacement tags;
Modifying the rule on multiple hunts so that it reads as follows: For species that have multiple hunts within a single calendar year, hunters who successfully draw a hunt permit-tag during an earlier season may apply for a later season for the same genus if they have not taken the bag limit for that species during a preceding hunt in the same calendar year.
Revising the rules to clarify that bonus points will only be gained or lost through the computerized hunt permit-tag draw (which excludes restricted nonpermit-tags issued through the hunter pool from the bonus point system).
Changing the name of the “Depredation Hunts” commission rule and renaming it as the “Supplemental Hunts and Hunter Pool,” and defining supplemental hunts to include depredation hunts, emergency seasons, and population reduction hunts.
Adding new rule language delegating commission authority to the Game and Fish director for establishing season dates, hunt areas, and restricted nonpermit-tag numbers, within a maximum number pre-determined by the commission, for population reduction hunts.
Adding new language delegating commission authority to the director to reduce restricted nonpermit-tag fees for population management hunts that are determined to be “less desirable.”
Adding language to the rules to clarify that the 10-percent nonresident cap will apply to restricted nonpermit-tags issued for all bull elk hunts and all hunts for antlered deer north of the Colorado River.
The following public meeting dates and times have been set up (all meetings start at 7 p.m.):
· Flagstaff, April 30, Region II office, 3500 S. Lake Mary Road;
· Snowflake, May 1, Northland Pioneer College Learning Center, 1610 Main St.;
· Greer, May 8, Greer Lodge, 44 Main St.;
· Payson, May 2, Police Office Conference Room, 303 N. Beeline Highway;
· Safford, May 14, Phelps Dodge Meeting Room, Safford-Graham County Library, 800 7th Ave.
· Tucson, May 16, Region V office, 555 N. Greasewood;
· Mesa, May 20, Region VI office, 7200 E. University;
· Phoenix, May 21, Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters, 2222 W. Greenway Road, Roadrunner Room;
· Prescott, May 28, Yavapai County Building, Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room, 1015 Fair St.
· Kingman, May 29, Region III office, 5325 N. Stockton Hill Road;
· Yuma, May 30, Region IV office, 9140 E. 28th St.
The draft language is also be available on the Game and Fish Department’s Internet Home Page at http://www.azgfd.com.Any comments on the rule making can be addressed to: Dana Yost, Arizona Game and Fish Department DOHQ, 2221 W. Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023 or they can be sent via e-mail to rulemaking@gf.state.az.us.
4/2/02
Come Share Your Opinion On Elk Management Proposals
Here’s your chance to be heard: public meetings have been set throughout Arizona on proposed rule changes to give the Arizona Game and Fish Department greater flexibility in managing this state’s elk population.
The proposed rule changes include the following:
Adding a definition under the rules for a “Restricted nonpermit-tag,” which would be a tag issued to a hunter pool applicant for a supplemental elk hunt.
Adding a provision allowing the director to reduce fees for population management hunts, if necessary.
Adding a provision to allow an applicant to apply for a hunt permit-tag electronically over the Internet;
Clarifies that in case of department error when issuing a hunt permit-tag, only applicants who would have been successful based on the random number of their application would be eligible for replacement tags;
Modifying the rule on multiple hunts so that it reads as follows: For species that have multiple hunts within a single calendar year, hunters who successfully draw a hunt permit-tag during an earlier season may apply for a later season for the same genus if they have not taken the bag limit for that species during a preceding hunt in the same calendar year.
Revising the rules to clarify that bonus points will only be gained or lost through the computerized hunt permit-tag draw (which excludes restricted nonpermit-tags issued through the hunter pool from the bonus point system).
Changing the name of the “Depredation Hunts” commission rule and renaming it as the “Supplemental Hunts and Hunter Pool,” and defining supplemental hunts to include depredation hunts, emergency seasons, and population reduction hunts.
Adding new rule language delegating commission authority to the Game and Fish director for establishing season dates, hunt areas, and restricted nonpermit-tag numbers, within a maximum number pre-determined by the commission, for population reduction hunts.
Adding new language delegating commission authority to the director to reduce restricted nonpermit-tag fees for population management hunts that are determined to be “less desirable.”
Adding language to the rules to clarify that the 10-percent nonresident cap will apply to restricted nonpermit-tags issued for all bull elk hunts and all hunts for antlered deer north of the Colorado River.
The following public meeting dates and times have been set up (all meetings start at 7 p.m.):
· Flagstaff, April 30, Region II office, 3500 S. Lake Mary Road;
· Snowflake, May 1, Northland Pioneer College Learning Center, 1610 Main St.;
· Greer, May 8, Greer Lodge, 44 Main St.;
· Payson, May 2, Police Office Conference Room, 303 N. Beeline Highway;
· Safford, May 14, Phelps Dodge Meeting Room, Safford-Graham County Library, 800 7th Ave.
· Tucson, May 16, Region V office, 555 N. Greasewood;
· Mesa, May 20, Region VI office, 7200 E. University;
· Phoenix, May 21, Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters, 2222 W. Greenway Road, Roadrunner Room;
· Prescott, May 28, Yavapai County Building, Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Room, 1015 Fair St.
· Kingman, May 29, Region III office, 5325 N. Stockton Hill Road;
· Yuma, May 30, Region IV office, 9140 E. 28th St.
The draft language is also be available on the Game and Fish Department’s Internet Home Page at http://www.azgfd.com.Any comments on the rule making can be addressed to: Dana Yost, Arizona Game and Fish Department DOHQ, 2221 W. Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023 or they can be sent via e-mail to rulemaking@gf.state.az.us.
